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Aug 17, 2026

If the Shoe Fits

3.5

Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 3.5Characters: 3.0Plot: 4.0

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Although this is a retelling of Cinderella, I would consider it a Cinderella Story only in the looses terms, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. Having this story be retold through a reality dating show was so unique, and I'd be lying if I said it didn’t tempt me at least a little bit to watch one. We got to know Cindy pretty well, but I feel like even at the end of the book, we barely know anything about Henry. That, and the fact that he could never commit to one person or thing (a consequence of being the star of a dating show) made it really hard to root for him. On the other hand, I found Cindy's relationships with her step-family to be so refreshing. How often is it that we get a Cinderella Story where they actually all love each other?

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If the Shoe Fits

Julie Murphy

After having just graduated with a degree in shoe design, and trying to get her feet on the ground, Cindy is working for her stepmother, who happens to be the executive producer of America's favorite reality show, Before Midnight. When a spot on the show needs filling ASAP, Cindy volunteers, hoping it might help jump-start her fashion career, or at least give her something to do while her peers land jobs in the world of high fashion. Turns out being the only plus size woman on a reality dating competition makes a splash, and soon Cindy becomes a body positivity icon for women everywhere. What she doesn't expect? That she may just find inspiration-and love-in the process. Ultimately, Cindy learns that if the shoe doesn't fit, maybe it's time to design your own.

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All By Myself

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Devil of the Deep

Falencia Jean-Francois

Nnenna Delahaye, a fearsome pirate captain with a particular taste for Fleet ships, lives according to no law except her own until she discovers a most unusual treasure in the belly of her most recent Fleet a young girl. Against her better judgment (and the wishes of her first mate), she takes the girl on as a passenger. When Nnenna learns the girl has an artifact that the Fleet is desperate to get their hands on, she vows to do everything in her power to stop them. Duty and honor have been Lu Ortega's creed since the day he joined the Fleet. Now that he has finally achieved the rank of Captain, he is eager to prove himself worthy of the honor. Lu accepts a mission to retrieve the missing girl and help to bring about the Fleet's great destiny. What begins as a game of cat and mouse over land and sea quickly becomes a race to unlock an ancient secret with divine consequences.

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Aug 15, 2026

Devil of the Deep

3.0

Enjoyment: 3.0Quality: 3.0Characters: 3.0Plot: 3.5Audiobook: 3.5

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I liked the story, but I feel like a lot more could have been done with the characters as they all still felt a little distant even at the end of the book. The narrative kept flip-flopping between different times, and I occasionally struggled to follow along. I really enjoyed the vibes and the basis in Haitian folklore.

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Bookish Video Games

Happy Friday my fellow Boundlings!

Today I logged into steam and saw a cool game that came out 8/12 called "Author Sim" and its basically a game where you can do just as the title says! I do not think i will play that particular game, however; I have found some fun games from PB comments and was hoping some of you may leave your favorite bookish game recommendations below! I have 100% my recent game plays (Cat Mail Co. , Cat Isle, and Leafy Corner (well almost)) but I am hoping to add some new games to my wishlist/library and what is more fun than playing bookish games while listening to an audio book? I love sim games so if you have any recommendations that aren't the popular ones all over the Steam homepage I won't be upset to see those recommendations too!

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MLM Enemies to Lovers Recs?

Hello, fellow Pagebounders! I've been in the mood for this type of book for a bit now but wasn't sure how to look for them. Do any of you have any recs for MLM enemies to lovers books? Big bonus points if they're romantasy, but it's not a necessity. Not rivals to lovers, but honest and good enemies to lovers (I know they're sometimes used interchangably in tags haha). Big thanks in advance to anyone who shares! <3

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Worth Fighting For (Meant to Be, #5)

Jesse Q. Sutanto

Laugh and swoon with the next book in Disney’s Meant to Be collection by bestselling and award-winning author Jesse Q. Sutanto, whose novel Dial A For Aunties Emily Henry called “Utterly clever, deeply funny, and altogether charming.”Mulan is reimagined as a contemporary romance about family expectations, mistaken identity, and high stakes mergers—of both business and the heart.As the right hand of her father’s hedge fund company, Fa Mulan knows what it takes to succeed as a woman in a man’s work twice as hard, be twice as smart, and burp twice as loud as any of the other finance bros she works with. So when her father unexpectedly falls ill in the middle of a critical acquisition, she is determined to see it through. There’s just one the family company in question is known for its ultra masculine whiskey brand, and the brood of old-fashioned aunts, uncles, and cousins who run it—lead by the dedicated but overworked Shang—will only trust Mulan’s father, Fa Zhou, with the future of their business.Rather than fail the deal and her father, Mulan pretends she’s Fa Zhou. Since they’ve only corresponded over email, how hard could it be to keep things moving in his absence?But the email leads to a face-to-face meeting, which leads to an invitation to a week long retreat at Shang’s family ranch. One meeting she can handle, but a whole week of cattle wrangling, axe-throwing, and learning proper butchering techniques, all while trying to convince Shang’s dubious family that this young woman is the powerful hedge fund CEO they’ve been negotiating with? Not so much—especially as she finds it harder and harder to ignore the undeniable spark between her and Shang.Can she keep her head in the game and make her father proud, all while trying not to fall into a trough, or in love with Shang?

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By the Book

Jasmine Guillory

A tale as old as time—for a new generation… Isabelle is completely lost. When she first began her career in publishing right out of college, she did not expect to be twenty-five, living at home, still an editorial assistant, and the only Black employee at her publishing house. Overworked and underpaid, constantly torn between speaking up or stifling herself, Izzy thinks there must be more to this publishing life. So when she overhears her boss complaining about a beastly high-profile author who has failed to deliver his long-awaited manuscript, Isabelle sees an opportunity to finally get the promotion she deserves. All she has to do is go to the author’s Santa Barbara mansion and give him a quick pep talk or three. How hard could it be? But Izzy quickly finds out she is in over her head. Beau Towers is not some celebrity lightweight writing a tell-all memoir. He is jaded and withdrawn and—it turns out—just as lost as Izzy. But despite his standoffishness, Izzy needs Beau to deliver, and with her encouragement, his story begins to spill onto the page. They soon discover they have more in common than either of them expected, and as their deadline nears, Izzy and Beau begin to realize there may be something there that wasn't there before. Best-selling author Jasmine Guillory’s reimagining of a beloved fairy tale is a romantic triumph of love and acceptance and learning that sometimes to truly know a person you have to read between the lines.

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Julie Murphy

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The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea (The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea, #1)

Maggie Tokuda-Hall

A desperate orphan turned pirate and a rebellious imperial daughter find a connection on the high seas in a world divided by colonialism and threaded with magic. Aboard the pirate ship Dove, Flora the girl takes on the identity of Florian the man to earn the respect and protection of the crew. For Flora, former starving urchin, the brutal life of a pirate is about survival: don’t trust, don’t stick out, and don’t feel. But on this voyage, as the pirates prepare to sell their unsuspecting passengers into slavery, Flora is drawn to the Lady Evelyn Hasegawa, who is en route to a dreaded arranged marriage with her own casket in tow. Flora doesn’t expect to be taken under Evelyn’s wing, and Evelyn doesn’t expect to find such a deep bond with the pirate Florian. Soon the unlikely pair set in motion a wild escape that will free a captured mermaid (coveted for her blood, which causes men to have visions and lose memories) and involve the mysterious Pirate Supreme, an opportunistic witch, and the all-encompassing Sea itself.

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Sky Daddy

Kate Folk

Linda is doing her best to lead a life that would appear normal to the casual observer. Weekdays, she earns $20 an hour moderating comments for a video-sharing platform, then rides the bus home to the windowless garage she rents on the outskirts of San Francisco. But on the last Friday of each month, she indulges her true passion, taking BART to SFO for a round-trip flight to a regional hub. The destination is irrelevant, because each trip means a new date with a handsome stranger—a stranger whose intelligent windscreens, sleek fuselages, and powerful engines make Linda feel a way that no human ever could. . . . Linda knows that she can’t tell anyone she’s sexually obsessed with planes. Nor can she reveal her belief that it’s her destiny to “marry” one of her suitors, uniting with her soulmate plane for eternity. But when an opportunity arises to hasten her dream of eternal partnership, and the carefully balanced elements of her life begin to spin out of control, she must choose between maintaining the trappings of normalcy and launching herself headlong toward the love she’s always dreamed of. Both subversive and unexpectedly heartwarming, Sky Daddy hijacks the classic love story, exploring desire, fate, and the longing to be accepted for who we truly are.

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whimsyapple

Pre-Reading Prep

For my first post on Pagebound, I thought I'd ask about one of the most important parts of reading: the actual process of choosing what to read in the first place! So I ask: when you're deciding on something, what information do you look for before picking it up? Are you someone who can go in blindly without even reading the synopsis? Or do you spend some time checking out the reviews, the author and their other works, similarities between past books you've read, etc.? I'm interested to see where other people land on this!

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How Are Your Shelves Organized?

I've finally committed to creating and organizing some shelves for my profile and I'm wondering how y'alls shelves are organized! Any suggestions welcome! Also if you're just excited about your shelves and would like to share I'd love to hear it!

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twinklebunny55

Have you ever read a genre because crushing on someone?

You knowwww like... I have a secretly crush on someone. He likes to read books too but is kinda different than I used to read. He reads a kind of philosophy book and science. So in the end I try to read them too 😭😭😭

Okay, personally those genres are not bad at all and I actually like it. Second, I talked to him and he was surprised (and excited) that I read those genres. So we spent lunch time together and talk about it todaayy aaaa. But he has no idea that I have a crush on him.

kinda nervous hihi 😆

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